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Chapter 8

The War for Independence

At War With the Homeland

• Fight at Lexington and Concard
• Continental Congress met at May 1775



The Second Continatal Congross

• Patroits sent a letter caled the Olive Branch Petition
• Continatal Congress formed army
• Congress asked coloines to send soliders to Massachusetts

The Continental Army

• George Washington fought !st major battle (at buncker hill)
• Mant soilders=different clothes and no guns
• Washington created continentals, Continentals made 1st Colonial army
• No money, poorly fed, Continentals went to war with most powerful army

The British Advantage

• George Washington's army=mostly first-time soilders
• British army=professionional soilders
• Hard for British to fight a war that was 3,000 miles from home
• British soilders=50,000
• Genaral Washington soilders=10,000

Lesson 2

The Decision for Independence

The First Steps

• Patroit did most change to public
• Thomas Pane publish common scense

Writing the declaration

• Thomas Jefferson wanted words help colonest win freedom war
• In 3rd longest part of Decleration Jefferson listed colonests' complants

lesson 3

Americans take sides

• After Declaration of Independence

signed people supported rebelling
colonies or British king

Churches and the war

• Peter